Kamala Devi Harris Archives

Kamala Devi Harris and the destiny-changing coconuts from Chennai – by NARAYANAN V Kamala Devi Harris (right) with mother Shyamala Gopalan (left) and aunt Sarala Gopalan in a family picture taken in 2005. – Special Arrangement Joe Biden has selected the Senator from California as his vice-presidential running mate. The Senator from California is Joe Biden’s pick for vice-president in the US election The Varasiddhi Vinayagar Temple at Besant Nagar in Chennai has a special place in California senator Kamala Harris’ heart. Not just because her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was in the committee when the temple was constructed. But because nine years ago, when Joe Biden’s new running mate contested California’s Attorney General election, she called her maternal aunt Sarala Gopalan with a request: “Chithi (aunt), please pray for me and break coconuts at the temple.” ...

Kamala Harris:Tamil Iyer Brahmin for Sri Lanka Tamil reparation? – By Daya Gamage Note: Kindly note that the NEW Chief of Staff for Kamala Harris is…Karine Jean-Pierre Ref: pinknews Source:Asian Tribune The US Democratic Party presidential candidate – former Obama vice president – Joseph Biden’s vice presidential running mate US Senator Kamala Devi Harris is far from an Americanized woman of South India’s Tamil Iyer Brahmin heritage: to date, she has proudly retained her South Indian heritage – maintaining a certain level of the Tamil tongue – that could extend her vice-presidential reach to the region. Having a chief-of-staff of Sri Lankan Tamil-heritage, there is a strong possibility that the Biden White House – if inaugurated on January 20 next year – could add Sri Lanka’s ‘national issues’ or ‘ethnic issues’, that were given less priority since the defeat of Tamil Tiger-separatism in 2009, as one of the US foreign ...